Court and ditch matters from Warsaw area include new electric line franchise
The court records show a franchise granted to operate an electric line from Warsaw to Leesburg by the Winona Warsaw Elkhart South Bend Traction Co. Ditch petitions and final reports are listed for multiple townships including Lake Jefferson Van Buren and Wayne with several viewers appointed to meet February dates. Tradeoffs include annual janitor salary and numerous property transfers and easements across Etna Mentone Warsaw and Pierceton.
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Cuuri
Warsaw
Leesburg
Winona, Warsaw, Elkhart & South Bend Traction Company
Elkhart
Kosciusko County
Turkey Creek
J. F. McCuen
Isaac Metzger
Norman Hufler
Clay
Wayne
Benjamin F. Nebr
Lake Township
Elmer J. Kigsey
James H. Hinkson
Cyrus B. Deaton
Andrew J. Price
Jefferson
van Buren
John F. Magee
James W. Brown
Elmer E. James
Joseph F. Smith
Washington Township
Daniel W. Stevens
Aaron D. Heckman
Clinton E. Yeager
Warren Kohler
Plain
H. N. Oldfather
James C. Rodgers
Jacob
Koontz
Milford
S. B. Iden
Etna Township
M. H. Summy
Prairie Township
D. Heeter
William H. Hardman
Gleanings From Exchanges Recap Of Mixed Early 1900s Notes
A collage of brief items includes a Niles post office robbery of stamps, a Leesburg break in, Nappanee strike effects on Coppes Zook Mutschiler payroll, and a big Valentine shipment from Worcester to Chicago. Navy cutters for Culver Academy rise to four. Studebaker pays 100 for seventeen white oaks, others buy timber. Goshen seeks Mrs. Della Hall, coal land valued at 830,000. Fox-hunt prep north of Wabash. an Indianapolis murder case preps as Melvin Boone and two others plead not guilty. Sidney couple Clemmer wrecked near Tucson. seven passengers killed or injured. a large train wreck presents a grim scene.
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Lake Maxinkuckee
Secretary of the Navy
Culver Military Academy
Studebaker Manufacturing Company
Goshen
Della Hall
A. C. Hall
Peter Clemmer
Sidney
California
Southern Pacific Railway
Tucson
Arizona
Real Estate Transfers in Week Ending Feb 5 1908
Real estate transfers from the Kosciusko Abstract and Title Guaranty Company Office list transfers for the week ending February 5 1908. Names include Lewis Delantes to John McDonald and Jacob Huma to John McDonald with lot specifics in Jefferson and neighboring sections, plus several other conveyances among William Klingaman Joseph Armey Winona Marsh and others in Warsaw and nearby areas. Amounts noted include 4500 and 3500 dollars with various lot descriptions such as NW 1-4 NE 1-4 and W 1-2 of NW 1-4 and Winona parcels.
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Kosciusko Abstract and Title Guaranty Company
Grabner's
Lewis Delantes
John
Jefferson
Joseph Kauffman
Ito
McDonald
Jacob Huma
John McDonald
Evidence before strike commission nears verdict
The strike commission has heard 566 witnesses over fifty six days. Arguments by counsel begin next Monday after which the commission will seek a verdict. Operators numbered 158 while miners total 497. coal barons avoided testimony and the commission plans coal trust scrutiny. A probable recommendation favors higher pay in the anthracite districts and a change in coal measurement, but unionization is unlikely. The miners may expect a substantial, profitable victory.
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Fie
Coal Trust
Winona's Ninth Season Distinguish Lecturers At Winona Lake
Winona's Ninth Season at Winona Lake opens with a faculty of over 50 instructors and two new chairs in history and physics. Rev. Dr. J Wilbur Chapman will head the Bible school, with noted ministers and evangelists from several countries assisting. The program features speakers like Chaplain Lozier and Prof Brested, with extensive improvements including a three story club house, new bath house, and one hundred cottages under construction ready for occupancy at opening. Attendance is expected to surpass last year with over 60 900 gates passing through Sta gates during the season.
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Winona
Winona Lake
J. Wilbur Chapman
New York
H. M. Hamill
Nashville
Tenn
Jamong the
Speasers
Chaplain Lozier
Brested
Chicago University
Thomas E. Green
John Mitchell
George L. McNutt
Ernest Thompson Seaton
James Speed
ER Hobertsson
Marc
Pittsburg
J. M. Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
R. L. Leeson
Elwood
John Giffin
Kewanee
Minturn
Indianapolis
Grand
Ft. Wayne
Chapman
Borld
United Brethren
United Presbyterians
Lutherans
Western Association of Writers
Association of Photographers of
Indiana
Sta
Ministers attend Bible conference with 2000 expected attendance
The report notes last August’s Bible conference drew ministers and observers with expectations this season hitting around two thousand. It compares the event to the nation’s major gatherings, while detailing Valentine’s Day customs and light anecdotes on youth observances and humorous notes about love language.
Muhlenberg name shines in Pennsylvania history
The column praises pioneer life in Kosciusko county and highlights the Muhlenberg family's broad influence across church, military, politics, and education. It traces Henry Muhlenberg’s arrival in 1742, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg's Revolutionary service, and descendants who led in law, medicine, ministry, and academia, urging appreciation of their legacy.
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Pennsylvania
Muhlenberg
Henry Melchin Muhlenberg
Lutheran Church In
America
Church of the Reformation
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
Revolutionary Army
Gough
Philadelphia
Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg
Henary M. Muhlenberg
Pennsylvania Assembly
National House of Representatives
William Augustus Muhlenberg
Epiacopal
D. H.‘E. Muhlenberg
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Harrison
John C Graves
Nancy J Bishop
Tippecanoe
Charles F Nye
James S Smith
Grave
E L Baker
M L Breanahan
Keen
Daniel Mertin
John D Anglin
John Anglin
Daniel Martin
Eaine Land
Frank E Larue
Rachel A Massimore
Etna
Charlee Hudson
William Alleman
Bowmans
Add Mentone
Lizzie Shedler
E J Cunningham
Pierceton
TR McCord
Now
George Keplinger
E Holderman
Joseph S Armey
Jefersonu
T Sample
Barbara E Plummer
Harricon
Hilderbrand
Gee
Frank McGrim
Lucinda Jackson
Elmer Yaste
Anne Finton
Funk
Market Street
C A
Esther Needey
Longyear’s
Atwood
Lewis
Andrew E Sarber
Seward
O O Oliver
Edwin ‘Landia
Wm C Thompson
H C Hubler
TM & H Mentone
Erastus Little
Gilbert
Washington
Geo F Alderman
Lucy Whet
Lake View
Linger
VanBuren
Sto Betsey Lingel
Daisy J Wells
Ezra Toman
Lake Ty
Samuel W Wells
Ezra Floman
Sake Land
Jacob Boss
Scott
Jacob Rose
Putman R. Judkins
Francelia , Richardson
Thomas C. Crouch
Blanch Fay Westlake
Joel Foote
Francis Jerman
Frank
Lynch
Edith Widaman
Bert Fisher
Jessie Leckrone
San Francisco
Imperia
Brooklyn
Standard
Talen
Niles
Mich
Nappanee
Coppes, Zook& Mutschiler Co
Worcester, Mass
Chicago
Melvin Boone
Nathan Rankins
Joseph Earl Mallory
John Kvansman
William Klingaman
Myers & Peterson
Marsh
Jabiz Shaffer Hut
Frants
Jacob Montel
Sellera Vo
Creighton
United States
Cupid
New England
Juliet
Plumpetty
Marion Crawford
Zool
Birdie
Columons
Joseph Black
Usl
Black
H. A. P. Muhlenberg
Congress
Austria
F. A. Muhlenberg
Adames
Massachusetts
Livingstons
Lees
Virginia
Pinckneys
South Carolina
Mysself
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